| GEO Pakistan | | Shalbandai suicide attack kills 35 | Updated at: 1218 PST, Sunday, December 28, 2008
 SWAT: The death toll in the Shalbandai suicide attack during the by-election polling being held at a Shalbandai school located in Boner area here mounted to 35, including the children and police personnel.
Sources said that in a by-election being held on Sunday a suicide bomber blew himself up at a polling station located in a school at a place called Shalbandai in Boner area, which initially killed 10 persons, while the death toll continued rising after retrieval of bodies from the debris and thus far the total has mounted to 33 dead.
Secretary Election Commission said that polling has been suspended in the wake of suicide attack and the staff has been called back as a precautionary step.
Hospital sources told that over 30 bodies were brought to the Dagar Hospital, while the injured have also been shifted to the hospital for medical aid. Relief and rescue operation still continued, while the officials fear death toll rising after completion of the work of clearing the debris.
Prime Minister, Yusuf Raza Gilani, President Asif Ali Zardari and the interior minister, while strongly condemning the dastardly attack, expressed their deep sympathies on the precious loss of lives.
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